Yellowstone 2010

We had the opportunity to take our kids and go to Yellowstone this fall. Of course we took them out of school for two days the first week of school. The reason we decided to go was because our niece Katie Crowther was nag married in the Winter Quarters Temple in Aug and we couldn't make it out there. So we found out that one of her receptions were Shelley Idaho. That isn't too far from Yellowstone. So off we went. We left after school on Wed and headed to Rock Springs WY. On our way, we stopped at the Flaming Gorge. That was a very cool. Then off to Rock Springs. We swam that night in a great pool that was really warm, and we were the only ones in it. That was the great part.


The next day we headed for Yellowstone. We stopped in Jackson Hole WY for lunch. We stopped at the visitor center. That was cool.
We stopped and looked at the Tetons on our way up to the park. After we entered Yellowstone, we came upon a sign that said "No stopping next 1/2 mile" and of course there were cars stopped. So we stopped. They were looking at a grizzly bear that was hurt, we think. It just laid down by the creek and moaned. Of course we took pictures.Tey didn't really turn out. Next stop was Old Faithful. That was fun.

We did have a flat tire at Old Faithful and it cost #38 to fix. Kind of blew my mind. We spent the night in the park in a tiny cabin. One we won't forget, but had a great breakfast at the lodge the next morning. We traveled around the park and saw lots of buffalo. We saw some on a bridge and Blake insisted we go toward them. Bad mistake. It really freaked me out. Needless to say, they didn't dent my van. We saw elk and deer, but never saw a moose. That is what Iwanted to see. We saw the falls and had a little problem there, but nobody was hurt too bad.




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That night we stayed in West Yellowstone Montana. We went to the Grizzly Bear and Wolf Discovery Center. That was really cool. We got to see them feed the grizzlies. The kids loved that.
On Sat we headed to Rexburg Idaho. We left the girls with Anjeanette's parent while we went to the Temple. It is so beautiful. The boys did baptisms while we did a session. Then we showed the kids around Rexburg. It was awesome to be back. i loved Rexburg when I was there 20 some years ago. We then headed south to Idaho Falls. We stopped by the Temple and the Falls for a picture before headeing to the reception.
We made it to the recption without any problem. Katie was so pretty and Shane seems really nice. It was a nice evening. We left about 7pm and headed to Jackshouse in Castledale. It was a 6 hour drive. Luckily we had books on cds that the kids listened to. We got there about 1am. We went to church with them and trekked home. It was a fast trip, but so worth it. Thanks Katie and Shane for having a reception in Idaho, so we could go to Yellowstone.